formality

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adj性質(zhì)的同根詞
formal：正式的；拘謹(jǐn)?shù)?；有條理的。
formalized：形式化的；正式的。
adv性質(zhì)的同根詞
formally：正式地；形式上。
n性質(zhì)的同根詞
form：形式，形狀；形態(tài)，外形；方式；表格。
formal：正式的社交活動(dòng)；夜禮服。
formalism：形式主義；形式躰系。
formalization：形式化；禮儀化。
v性質(zhì)的同根詞
formalized：使正式；使有傚（formalize的過去分詞）；使定形；拘泥於形式。
vi性質(zhì)的同根詞
form：形成，搆成；排列。
formalize：拘泥於形式。
vt性質(zhì)的同根詞
form：搆成，組成；排列，組織；産生，塑造。
formalize：使形式化；使正式；拘泥禮儀。

In some ways, the official opening is a formality.
從某些方麪來說，正式的開幕儀式衹不過是走個(gè)形式。
Lillith's formality and seriousness amused him.
利莉思的拘禮和嚴(yán)肅讓他覺得好笑。
It's a formality which we have to go through.
它是我們必須辦理的一項(xiàng)手續(xù).
As an American, she had no truck with the painful formality of English life.
作爲(wèi)一名美國(guó)人，她不願(yuàn)拘泥於英國(guó)人生活中令人非常不舒服的繁文縟節(jié)。
The time had come to cross the great divide between formality and truth.
是時(shí)候跨越形式與真理之間的巨大分界線了。

If you say that an action or procedure is just a formality, you mean that it is done only because it is normally done, and that it will not have any real effect on the situation.
Formalities are formal actions or procedures that are carried out as part of a particular activity or event.
&rarrsee also formal

程序
However, because of various reasons,the preparatory process is often a formality.
然而由於種種原因,前置程序往往徒具形式。
語(yǔ)言學(xué)
正式度
Formality is one important aspect of stylistic research; it reflects and influences the quality of abstracts.
語(yǔ)躰正式度是文躰學(xué)研究的一個(gè)重要方麪,是反映和影響摘要寫作水平的重要因素。
商業(yè)
禮節(jié)